Fiorentina sports chief Eduardo Macia is delighted with their capture of England defender Micah Richards.

Richards has joined on-loan from Manchester City.

"We have been thinking about Richards since the end of January's market," he told reporters.

"We wanted a great right-back. There was a lot of competition for him, but from the first day we spoke with the player, he gave us his word and he kept it."

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